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Philip Martin
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Philip Martin

Philip Martin is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis; Chair of the University of California’s Comparative Immigration and Integration Program; and Editor of the monthly Migration News and the quarterly Rural migration News.

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Policy Briefs
August 2017
Immigration and Farm Labor: From Unauthorized to H-2A for Some?
By  Philip Martin
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Reports
February 2013
Ripe with Change: Evolving Farm Labor Markets in the United States, Mexico, and Central America
By  Philip Martin and J. Edward Taylor
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Fact Sheets
February 2013
Resumen del Sector: Agricultura, Implicaciones para el Capital Humano y la Migración
By  Philip Martin and J. Edward Taylor
Feature
October 1, 2002
Fostering Cooperation Between Source and Destination Countries
Cultivating sustained cooperation between source and destination states is essential to migration management. Susan Martin, director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University; Philip Martin, professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis; and Patrick Weil, senior research fellow of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), tackle this issue.

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Policy Briefs
August 2017

Immigration and Farm Labor: From Unauthorized to H-2A for Some?

U.S. agriculture has long relied on foreign-born workers to fill seasonal and labor-intensive jobs. But who are the immigrants who now make up three-fourths of hired workers on U.S. farms? This policy brief sketches a workforce that is aging and less reliant on unauthorized workers—and employers who are increasingly turning to mechanization and the H-2A guestworker program to fill gaps as Mexican migration slows.

Fact Sheets
February 2013

Resumen del Sector: Agricultura, Implicaciones para el Capital Humano y la Migración

El sector agrícola en los EE.UU., México y Centroamérica se encuentra en medio de una transformación desde hace décadas. La demanda para cultivos intensivos en mano de obra, es decir, frutas, nueces, verduras, melones y especialidades hortícolas, como flores y setas (productos FVH, por sus siglas en inglés), está aumentando junto con la población y el crecimiento de los ingresos en la región.

Reports
February 2013

Ripe with Change: Evolving Farm Labor Markets in the United States, Mexico, and Central America

This report assesses trends in U.S., Central American, and Mexican agriculture and their implications for farm labor markets, including the demand for skills and its effects on education and workforce development. 

Articles
October 1, 2002

Fostering Cooperation Between Source and Destination Countries

Cultivating sustained cooperation between source and destination states is essential to migration management. Susan Martin, director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University; Philip Martin, professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis; and Patrick Weil, senior research fellow of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), tackle this issue.